Cram — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

crowd or pack to capacity

put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈæm/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈam/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈam/

1 syllable Say it as /kɹˈæm/.

Examples

the theater was jampacked
cram books into the suitcase
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drum wad bone up get up jam ram bone swot jampack chock up mug up swot up grind away

Parts of Speech

verb	crowd or pack to capacity “the theater was jampacked”
verb	put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled “cram books into the suitcase”
verb	study intensively, as before an exam “I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam”
verb	prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

Word Forms

jam	noun	a dense crowd of people
wad	noun	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
crammer	noun	a student who crams
swot	noun	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stopfen

überfüllt oder vollgepackt

🇫🇷French

fourrer

foule ou emballer à pleine capacité

🇪🇸Spanish

atestar

abarrotar o empacar al máximo de su capacidad

🇮🇹Italian

stipare

folla o fare le valigie al massimo

🇳🇱Dutch

proppen

menigte of pack tot capaciteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

empinar

multidão ou lotação máxima

🇷🇺Russian

зубрить

толпа или упаковка до отказа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रत्ता मार

क्षमता के अनुसार भीड़ या पैक

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্র্যাম

ভিড় বা ক্ষমতা প্যাক

🇮🇳Tamil

நெரிசல்

கூட்டம் அல்லது கொள்ளளவு

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రామ్

గుంపు లేదా సామర్థ్యానికి ప్యాక్

🇮🇳Marathi

क्रॅम

गर्दी किंवा क्षमतेनुसार पॅक

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્રેમ

ભીડ અથવા ક્ષમતા માટે પેક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ರ್ಯಾಮ್

ಗುಂಪು ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ಯಾಕ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രാം

ആൾക്കൂട്ടം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശേഷിക്കനുസരിച്ച് പാക്ക് ചെയ്യുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਗੜ

ਭੀੜ ਜਾਂ ਸਮਰੱਥਾ ਲਈ ਪੈਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

رٹنا

بھیڑ یا صلاحیت کے مطابق پیک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

补习班

拥挤或拥挤

🇯🇵Japanese

詰め込む

群衆または満員に詰め込む

🇰🇷Korean

벼락 공부

군중 또는 용량에 맞게 포장

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhồi nhét

đám đông hoặc đóng gói theo sức chứa

🇹🇭Thai

อัด

ฝูงชนหรือแพ็คตามความจุ

🇮🇩Indonesian

menjejalkan

kerumunan atau berkemas sesuai kapasitas

🇵🇭Filipino

magsiksikan

crowd o pack sa kapasidad

🇲🇾Malay

sesak

orang ramai atau bungkus mengikut kapasiti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الالزام

الحشد أو حزمة إلى القدرة

🇮🇷Persian

توده

ازدحام یا بسته به ظرفیت

🇹🇷Turkish

tıka basa dolu

kalabalık veya kapasiteye kadar paketleyin

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִדחוֹס

להצטופף או לארוז עד אפס מקום

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The primary meaning of 'cram' is 'crowd or pack to capacity'.

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